Monbetsu Ryuhyo Festival

February 20th, 2016

Monbetsu Ryuhyo Festival (もんべつ流氷まつり) is a winter event held in Monbetsu city located in the eastern part of Asahikawa city and started in 1963. The festival is held at the side of Kaiyo-Koryukan (海洋交流館) during 3-4 days in mid February.

Kaiyo-KoryukanGarinkogo Ship II Is in Service

About 30 ice sculptures and ice slides of various sizes are made every year. Monbetsu is famous for drift ice, and sculptures seem to be uesd ice not snow. There are 3-4 ice slides, and children and adults can enjoy those. A main ice sculpture is Old Hakodate Public Hall (旧函館区公会堂) when I visited here. The ice sculptures seem to be lluminated in the evening. Those will look beautiful.

Main Ice Sculpture like Old Public Hall of HakodateOkhotsk Tower Can Be SeenLook of Event SiteIce SculpturesIce Sculpture with 3 Metros in HeightIce Paint of Monta (Costumed Mascot Character of Monbetsu)Nekobus like Ice SlideFur Seal like Ice SlideDoraemon Ice slideLarge Ice slideView from Large Ice slide

Except enjoying the ice sculptures, events such as a contest that people have to put up with throwing an ice column (氷柱ガマン抱きつき大会) are held, too, and many stall stores open and seafood of Monbetsu can be eaten, too.

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